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DeBenedictis
1964
Feb23 Wreck Bay, Isla San Cristobal, Galapagos.
quite way. The ♂ is grey-green, stepped like Santa Cruz
♂s, and the ♀ is a brown color of the same type,
fairly red on the head and reminiscent of the Hood
form. Saw male chase a ♀ who assumed the
stiff egged tail up (+ around) ejection posture (
the function like C. carpenteri). The ♂ did not copulate
+ the two lizards soon parted. The ♂ bob is quite
complex, but seems to be something like the below;
↑
not sure sure of the /4
height
true → low + the # of final low
bobs, but something like
this is clearly indicated. When I got back to Wreck
Bay an Ecuadorian showed me a black lizard he had
found on some large trees in the centre of town. These
proved to be Gonatodes !. The (♂) is black with a
zig zag yellow vertical strip and yellow spotting
on the breast. The(♀) is grey, with the same pattern
indicated in light and shade. They ran into deep
fissures in the rocks when I approached and I could
not catch any. Saw them c. 5 P.M. Spent the
rest of the evening skinning. After dinner we
talked to Jacob [illegible] friend who lives (periodically)
in Wreck Bay. He said he had last seen Tortoise
in 1952 (a few) and believed they may st./ll be in
extant in the NE part of the island. Final goats
and pigs are not common here, as they are heavily
hunted and do not do much to the vegetation.
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